Deputies' signatures to abolish Special Law

The international representatives' harsh messages about the initiative of a group of MPs for abolishing the Special Court Law so far have not affected their setbacks, say political analysts.

And they are warned that Signings of MPsWho have initiated the demand to abolish the law are no longer valid.

In the procedural ascetic, parliamentary developments connoisseur Albert Krasniqi, analyst from the Kosovo Democratic Institute, tells Radio Free Europe that MPs' signatures are no longer valid.

Kosovo's Parliament's “Rule of Work envisions that any content motion, which comes from six or more MPs, should be considered within three weeks and has now passed this deadline and those signatures are no longer valid to call any new session. So, the session cannot be called by calling on the signatures given on December 22nd”, Krasniqi says.

The MP's initiative to abolish the Law for Specialised Chambers, respectively, has sparked harsh international reactions.

American Ambassador In Pristina, Greg Delaway has warned that all those deputies and politicians who stand behind the initiative to abolish the Special Court Law could face severe consequences.

He has reiterated that abolishing the law is being sought for individual interests and at the expense of the interests of the state of Kosovo, its future and at the expense of reports with international allies.

Similar messages have been delivered by ambassadors of European Union member states accredited in Pristina.

Politologist Ramush Tahiri, in a proposal for Radio Free Europe, said that despite those statements made by the international community, MPs do not want to give up their initiative.

Whether or not the collected signatures are valid, the same MPs are believed to be able to sign the motion again, unless the initiative for abolition withdraws itself.

“It seems that MPs will not give up and do not want to give up, because they have met formal legal conditions for more than 40 MPs to prosecute an issue in the extraordinary Assembly of the Parliament, and while there are 40 signatures, the headship is obliged to prosecute and the plenary session is obliged to be declared by vote”, Tahiri says.

Interconnecting with the harsh international tones following the initiative of deputies, Albert Krasniqi, on the other hand, says that so far, this kind of tone and criticism have not been heard at the address of the Kosovo leadership, by the Allied states.

“It will need MPs to eventually give up this initiative and all those who stand before this initiative to make a clear distance from each attempt to abolish the Special Court Law, because it is practically impossible and not hide behind other forms aimed at destabilizing the country, raising tensions and internal conflicts, because the consequences will be long term and then it will take time to recover from potential damage that could be caused in this process<1> says Krasniqi.

December 22 last year, a group of Kosovo Assembly deputies had launched an initiative to abolish the Special Court for War Crimes.

MPs' initiative to abolish Special Court followed a petition Kosovo Liberation Army Veterans Organisation, With which they demanded from the Kosovo Assembly changing the Law for the Special Court.

The mandate of the Special Court for War Crimes is defined mainly in investigations and judgments of alleged war crimes cases by several former Kosovo Liberation Army members, against members of minority communities and opponents, which included the period of time between 1998 and the end of 2000.